Maumturks
The Maumturks or Maamturks is a mountain range in Connemara, County Galway, in the west of Ireland. It is a long, broadly-straight range, consisting of weathered quartzite peaks in its central section.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Mountain with an elevation of 187 metres
- Description: mountain range in Galway, Ireland
- Also known as: “Maaumturks” and “Mamturk Mountains”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Knocknahillion and Binn idir an dá Log.
Knocknahillion
Peak
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Knocknahillion is one of the Maumturk Mountains of Connemara in County Galway, Ireland. At 607 metres, it is the 210th–highest peak in Ireland on the Arderin list, and 256th–highest on the Vandeleur-Lynam list.
Binn idir an dá Log
Peak
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Binn idir an Dá Log, sometimes anglicized Benadolug, at 702 metres, is the highest of the Maumturk Mountains in Connemara in County Galway, Ireland. It is at the middle of the long north-west to south-east central spine of the range.
Letterbrickaun
Peak
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Letterbreckaun is one of the Maumturk Mountains of Connemara in County Galway, Ireland. At 677 metres, it is the second-tallest of the Maumturks, the 129th–highest peak in Ireland on the Arderin list, and 159th–highest on the Vandeleur-Lynam list. Letterbrickaun is situated 2½ km northwest of Maumturks.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Recess and Leenane.
Recess
Village
Recess is a village in County Galway, Ireland. Its official name is in Irish, Sraith Saileach, and translates as "stream of the willow tree". A notable former resident was Seán Lester, the last Secretary General of the League of Nations, who lived there… Recess is situated 6 km south of Maumturks.
Leenane
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Leenane or Leenaun is a village on the south shore of Killary fjord in County Galway, with a population of about 200. That fjord is the county boundary: the north shore and the little settlements of Aaleagh and Clog lie in County Mayo, but it's convenient to describe them here.
Maum
Locality
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An Mám is a small Gaeltacht village and its surrounding lands in Connemara, County Galway, Ireland. Maum is situated 9 km east of Maumturks.
Maumturks
- Categories: mountain range and landform
- Location: County Galway, Connacht, West Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Venetian—“Maumturks” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Sléibhte Mhám Toirc”
- Cebuano: “Maumturk Mountains”
- Dutch: “Maumturks”
- French: “Maumturks”
- Irish: “Sléibhte Mhám Toirc”
- Italian: “Maumturks”
- Japanese: “モームターク山地”
- Ladin: “Maumturks”
- Lithuanian: “Maumturko kalnai”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Maumturks”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Maamturks”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Maumturkfjella”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Maumturks”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Na Sléibhte Mhám Toirc”
- Norwegian: “Maumturks”
- Spanish: “Maumturks”
- Swedish: “Maumturk Mountains”
- Venetian: “Maumturks”
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